The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-16
PICNIC IN RANSOM

PICNIC IN RANSOM.
EDITOR ADvANCE:-If you will al
low me space in your columns, would
like to give yoVr readers a short &C.
count of little picnic in Ransom on
Saturday, June 4th. The affair. was
planned and managed by the three
Sunday schools of Ransom, Rushmorp
and Bigelow, but was by no means ex.
| elusive, and we noticed that large
proportion of the people present were
persons not connected with the schools.
The morning was very cool, rather
uncomfortably so, but as the sun
climbed higher it warmed up, and the
day was all that could be desired. We
did not get on the grounds very early
and we found quite a goodly number
already there, mostly from Rushmore
| and vicinity. Very soon the teams be-
gan to come in FROM all directions, and
by noon there were more than two han
dred people present. Among the older
people most of the faces were familiar
to us, but among the younger portion
we saw many strange faces. Some
came quite a distance. The townships
Of Ransom, Dewald and Olney were
we'll represented, With quite Il number
from BlgelOw, Little Rock and Viola
township, Iowa. We noticed one gen
tleman at least from Sibley, and Rev.
j. W. Lewis and daughter were pres
ent from Worthington.
A committee of young ladies-Nlisses
Nellie Ferrin, Clara Priueaux and
Lounita Dow, and committee of
young gentlemen-A. w. Perrin, H.
W. Shore, u. II. Pridtaux, +. Il. Pope
and Fred A Graves, had been appoint.
ed to get everything in readiness and
take the management for the day. 1t
was plain that they had done their
work well, for everything was in apple
pie order. We had forgotten to say
that the picnic was held in the grove OF
r. Prideaux, Oh section 20. A better
selection OF place for a picnic could
not have been made. MIR. PrideauX's
grove, il not the largest III town, is
| certainly one Of the nealest AMI most
inviting. The trees are very uniform
III size, very regular and are kept nice
ly trimmed. The ground IS seeded to
timothy and Is very clean and free
from weeds. Mr.. Prideaux was among
the first settlers of Ransom, having
| come here in ~, and Notwithstanding
the drawbacks of early days has done
we'll, and owns one of tie best farms
in the township.
seated, a raised platform for the speak.
| ers and choir, and Il long table, imp,o-
| vised for the occasion, at which about
| one hundred could eat at once. On
the platform stood an organ kindly
loaned 10y Mr.. Ferrin for the occasion.
There were several croquet sets and u
double swing to delight the Young peo-
pie. It WAS very evident that some
| body had been busy. Through some
| oversight the customary votes of
thanks to committees and others were
| not given, but they were certainly we'll
| merited. The repast was bountiful
and of the very best, and there was an
abundance of the finest lemonade. We
were not surprised to see the little ones
| smack their lips. Good music was fur.
nlshed at intervals through the day
By-the.Way, we have some fine musical
talent In this part Of the county.
In the afternoon speaking was in or
der: Rev. J. W. Lewis was the speak
| er of the day, and he gave an address
very suitable to the occasion. His sub
ject was Slowing and Reaptng," and
he showed very plainly that in our
lives as on our farms, we shall reap as
we sow, both in quantity and kind.
Mr.. Lewis was followed by our fellow
townsman, Fred A. Graves. We will
not say what was the subject OF Fred's
speech but 1t brought down the house.
or rather, we should say the grove.
All, but Fred is 4 funny boy. After
the speaking the games and swinging
were renewed and kept up until time
to go home.
For ourself, we spent the day in
chatting with friends, and in quietly
watching what was going on around.
Among the crowd were Father Belk-
nap and wife. Mr.. Belknap is the old
est man in town and one of the first
settlers. He is still a hale, cheerful
old man. From Olney. met VIM. Thorn
who was there with his family, also
Mrs: James Thorn and family, Mrs. 5.
u. Times and family and Others We
say families, we suppose all must have
brought their families, for there was
the greatest mixture and admixture of
youngsters that we have seen in many
q day. From Rushmore and vicinity
we noticed Mrs. S. Is. Bedford, Mrs.
Wemple and son. Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Petit, and others. Bigelow was not
very well represented, but we noticed
Mrs. DeBoos, Miss Louie DeBoos, and
think. some others of the family.
While there was u good deal of bolster
Gus merriment at the swings, we oh.
served some others having very quiet
games at croquet, and we coald not
but fancy they enjoyed themselves
quite as much as those who were more
noisy. Miss Estella Rowland was TAX.
ing part in one of the games when
we first observed her. Estella spent
the winter and spring with an aunt in.
Eau Claire, Wis, and attended school
there. She got home that morning
just in time for the picnic. Lucky,
wasn't It? Among those present from
Little Rock We met our young friend
Edwin Green. We had not seen Ell
win for several years and were glad to
see him looking so well. We also met
our bic-hearted friend John Shaw.
John ia 1OOkinn aa vua1l NO nvnr. aconco.